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Delaware County, PA November 4, 2014 Election
State Representative; Pennsylvania State House of Representatives; District 161 Voter Information

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Joe Hackett Click here for more information about this candidate 12,916 votes 55.93%

  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Currently serving second term - PA House of Representatives
  • Detective in the Criminal Investigative Division of the Delaware County District Attorney's Office
  • 20 years as a member of the Ridley Township Police Department, rising to the rank of Corporal
  • Past President and co-founder of the Delaware County Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation
  • Executive board member of the Delco Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #27
  • Vice Chairman of the Ridley Township Economic Development Committee
  • Graduate of Cardinal O'Hara High School and the Delaware County Community College Municipal Police Academy
Priorities:
  • Fighting to bring reforms and accountability to Harrisburg
  • Return fiscal responsibility to state government
  • Opposing tax increases on working families and working to cut waste and abuse in state government
Leanne Krueger-Braneky Click here for more information about this candidate 10,176 votes 44.07%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Director of Fellowship and Alumni at BALLE
  • Served for eight years as Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
  • Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program
  • Pennsylvania Fellow of the Center for Progressive Leadership
  • Recent awards include 40 Under 40 from Pennsylvania Environmental Council
  • BA in Sociology from Rutgers University
  • MBA in Urban Economic Development from Eastern University
Priorities:
  • Ensuring a quality public school education for all children.
  • Working with other legislators to help families increasingly squeezed by property tax increases.
  • Ensuring that local and small businesses are not penalized while large out-of-state corporations and gas drillers get more tax breaks.

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